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...pray you, sir, do not make me blush as it ill becomes me." There she stands in colonial costume, eyes modestly downcast, softly speaking in the formal rhythms of the 18th century--the incarnation of the Revolutionary War heroine whose story Professor Michael Burgess has won the Pulitzer Prize for retelling. So smitten is he with the idea of meeting her in the flesh that he forgets he is actually encountering an actress named Faith Healy (Michelle Pfeiffer), leading lady of the Hollywood company that is turning his college town into a location for a distressingly free adaptation...
...avoid that fate, British lords have been known to give up their titles. Like Sir Anthony Wedgwood Benn, Viscount Stansgate, who gave up his title and most of his name (he goes by Tony Benn now) to keep his seat in the Commons. It's not clear what a comparable rule in this country might be, though a vow never to appear on Carson or eat at Elaine's would be a start...
Other Europeans, while not putting anything past Gaddafi, were waiting to see the U.S. evidence, with one standout exception. In remarks known to reflect the views of his government, Sir Oliver Wright, British Ambassador to the U.S., told a South Carolina audience that there is indeed "uncontrovertible evidence that the Libyans have been the instigators of the most recent terrorist incidents...
...London, Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe said without elaboration, "For some time, we have had firm evidence of direct Libyan involvement in the kidnapping of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Padfield, and we have good reason to believe they were in Libyan hands...
...comic opera, but The Yeomen of the Guard is hardly the ideal comic opera. Rife with unlikable characters and uninventive contrivances, this odd Gilbert and Sullivan number is rightfully among the rarely revived. The Harvard Gilbert & Sullivan Players have an obligation to give due attention to each of Sir William and Sir Arthur's works, however, and their spring production is an able and ultimately entertaining attempt at presenting the eleventh of the duo's 14 operettas...